Photography & Surveillance: Cheryl Sourkes

I was pretty intrigued and disturbed by this web-based piece of work done by Cheryl Sourkes. When I was viewing this work as the viewer, I felt like I was violating the privacy of the people in the photographs and I ultimately felt a connection, almost like I can relate to the pixelated people in the photos because of the intimate environments they were portrayed in, very similar to the environments that I have encountered before, ie, a bedroom or kitchen. 

It's so interesting that these photographs are works by Sourkes when I believe she didn't actually take the photographs, but rather found them on the Internet. Really makes me question yet again, who is the artist. 

The titles of these photographs also captured me, mainly because they were all so different. There were some captions for photos that were straightforward and obviously evident as to why it was titled that way, like the one titled, "Foot" with someone's foot sticking up from under the covers of a bed. Then there were other photos like the one of the two people having sex on the couch that was titled, "Congress". I wonder what her reasoning for the sudden switch-up of title usage was. Nonetheless, this work along with the readings for this week were interesting and captured my attention.